We create visual narratives that integrate text, illustrations, animation, photos, and sound to inform, enlighten, and expand the interactive medium. We are dedicated to highlighting, exploring, and sharing the most interesting and complex ideas in the world, through the power of narrative and visual design.

We believe there is an unmined field in online visuals and narrative that is somewhere between the serious long form piece or white paper and the superficial tweet or listicle. Our own user testing*, as well as independent market research, has shown that data retention increases exponentially when partnered with narrative and rich visual media.

For interested organizations, Primer Stories LLC offers both the possibility of native partnerships as well as custom for-hire digital storytelling through our studio, Primer&Co.

Primer Stories LLC has offices in Seattle and San Francisco. If you’d like to meet up for a coffee to discuss a project, or just to say hi, drop us a line, we’re friendly.

* In a series of user tests, we leveraged the audience from our web magazine, Primer Stories, to see if we could prove that dynamic visuals increase knowledge comprehension and retention. Results between users who view plain text versus illustrated primers showed an increase in knowledge retention of 23%

Contribute

In 2018, Primer Stories will commence our fifth season, launching a series of 10 Primers focused around the central theme of Failure. Submissions are now closed.

If you'd like to be considered for future seasons, we invite writers to submit samples of their writing at this link.

This is a rare opportunity for writers to have their stories transformed into lush online narratives that push the written pieces well beyond what they could be on their own. We place a high premium on imagery, craft, usability, and innovation in storytelling, and we would love to hear from like-minded and similarly motivated writers who are interested in pursuing new avenues for their craft.

Applicants should familiarize themselves with the stories currently published to get an idea of what we do, but please know that we are interested in pursuing many narrative directions and techniques. Existing pieces on the site are to be taken as a reference, not a guide.

As always, you can reach out to us with further questions, or with a specific pitch.